Luke Wijohn, 18, who is hoping to become New Zealand's youngest lawmaker, says his country should create jobs in conservation and clean energy, while stepping up climate action
The early months of the pandemic saw a short decline in air pollutant levels and the usage of fossil fuels. But while the green effects may be fleeting, the pandemic has offered a variety of lessons for climate change activists about how to move forward with the movement.
Environmental groups are calling on state regulators to adopt policies to put an end to Michigan's "long history of discrimination" with hazardous waste.
For young climate activists in the US, staying home because of the pandemic does not mean staying silent, with plans gathering pace across the country to make their voices heard in November's elections.
The mostly low-income, Latino residents of Arvin have joined with other communities to demand setbacks for wells. Their slogan: “No drilling where we are living.”
In the twenty-first century, when survival depends on an ability to handle chaos, the damage that comes from rising temperatures will ultimately be less telling than our collective capacity to respond.
In a dramatic twist to last week's news that the American multinational Chevron Corporation is set to enter the Israeli oil and gas sector by buying out Texas-based Noble Energy, part owner of offshore natural gas fields, activists on Monday used a Knesset committee meeting on climate change to question the company's pollution record.
